Just wondering if anyone spends time conditioning their knuckles. I couldn't see myself doing it for extended periods. Where I live, there is not a very high likelihood that a person will get into fights that often. I could spend many years punishing my knuckles and never put it to good use. Is it really necessary?

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I have concern for people that sit around "toughining" their knuckles. Unless you are a extreme fighter, it is a little over-kill, besides, my elbow hits a tad harder then hard knuckles

neas,s answer.I see your point.But do you think if you were to condition the knuckles this would still apply? My knuckles hit a lot harder than most things. In particuler my elbows and they aint soft.and my knuckles are fine.

Quote:do yall do push-ups on ur knuckles or ur palms??and by on ur knuckles i don't mean on 4 of em..just the two ur supposed 2 use..

Yes, I believe that the only conditioning excercise that's necessary and safe are knuckle push-ups, done on hard wood. I personally do them on my 2 most prominent knuckles, however some styles prefer punching with other groups of knuckles, so they use their three last knuckles.

This is a VERY controversial topic, and I am sure if you search the site (especially in the strengthening section) then you will find heaps of information about peoples opinions on this site. Personally, I feel that the vast majority of condioning you need, will be recieved within the class, due to normal sparring excercises.

Unless you're a pro muay Thai fighter, I don't see one purpose in "toughening" anything. That's my personal view. Aside from general strength and conditioning (and that's only for being able to train athletically, not self defense), I just don't see a great need for the self abuse.